Future Business as of Tuesday 24 April 2018

Future Business

Business in either Chamber may be changed, and further business added, up to the rising of the House on the day before it is to be taken, and is therefore provisional.

Government items of business in this section have nominally been set down fortoday, but are expected to be taken on the dates stated.

B. REMAINING ORDERS AND NOTICES

Business in this section has not yet been scheduled for a specific date. It has been nominally set down for today but is not expected to be taken today.

A. Calendar of Business

Business in either Chamber may be changed, and further business added, up to the rising of the House on the day before it is to be taken, and is therefore provisional.

A number of Private Members’ bills have been set down for dates when the House is currently not expected to sit. These bills can be found in the Private Members’ bills notice paper online. Items from the notice paper will be moved to this calendar if any of the dates listed in that paper are confirmed as sitting days.

wednesday 25 APRIL

That leave be given to bring in a Bill to require public authorities to have regard to the need to consider physical and mental health impacts in the exercise of their functions; and for connected purposes.

Notes:

The Member moving and a Member opposing this Motion may each speak for up to 10 minutes.

OPPOSITION DAY (9TH ALLOTTED DAY)

Schools

Social care

Jeremy Corbyn

Barbara Keeley

Andrew Gwynne

Peter Dowd

Jonathan Ashworth

Mr Nicholas Brown

That this House notes that Government cuts to council budgets have resulted in a social care funding crisis; further notes that Government failure to deal with this crisis has pushed the funding problem on to councils and council tax payers and has further increased the funding gap for social care; is concerned that there is an unacceptable variation in the quality and availability of social care across the country with worrying levels of unmet need for social care; and calls on the Government to meet the funding gap for social care this year and for the rest of this Parliament.

DEBATE ON A MOTION ON SECTION 5 OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (AMENDMENT) ACT 1993

Elizabeth Truss

That this House approves, for the purposes of Section 5 of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993, the Government’s assessment of the medium term economic and fiscal position as set out in the latest Budget document and the Office for Budget Responsibility’s most recent Economic and Fiscal Outlook Sustainability Report, which forms the basis of the United Kingdom’s Convergence Programme.

PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC PETITIONS

Mount Wise tower block cladding: Luke Pollard

ADJOURNMENT DEBATE

Law on the use of digital images and consent: Meg Hillier

WESTMINSTER HALL

9.30am That this House has considered protecting children in conflict areas: Chris Law

11.00am That this House has considered capital needs of co-operatives: Gareth Thomas

Notes:

The sitting will be suspended from 11.30am to 2.30pm.

2.30pm That this House has considered transport for the South East: Huw Merriman

4.00pm That this House has considered future governance of Christchurch Borough Council: Sir Christopher Chope

4.30pm That this House has considered a strategy for internally displaced people: Dame Caroline Spelman

Notes:

The second part of the sitting will be suspended and time added if divisions take place in the main Chamber (Standing Order No. 10(3)).

That this House notes that the EU is the UK’s largest export market for goods, accounting for a total of £145bn of exports and £241bn of imports in 2016; further notes the Government’s expressed aim to secure the freest and most frictionless possible trade in goods between the UK and the EU after 29 March 2019; notes the importance of frictionless trade without tariffs, customs or border checks for manufacturers and businesses across the country who trade with the EU; further notes that the free circulation of goods on the island of Ireland is a consequence of the UK’s and Republic of Ireland’s membership of the EU Customs Union; in addition notes the Government’s commitment to (i) in the UK-EU joint report on progress during phase 1 of the Article 50 negotiations, the maintenance of North-South cooperation and the all-island economy on the island of Ireland, (ii) the Belfast Agreement implemented in the Northern Ireland Act 1998 remaining a fundamental principle of public policy and (iii) the continuation of unfettered access for Northern Ireland’s businesses to the whole of the UK internal market; and therefore calls on the Government to include as an objective in negotiations on the future relationship between the UK and the EU the establishment of an effective customs union between the two territories.

Relevant Documents:

First Report of the Home Affairs Select Committee, Home Office delivery of Brexit: customs operations, HC 540

Second Report of the Committee of Public Accounts, Brexit and the future of Customs, HC 401

Seventh Report of the Committee of Public Accounts, Brexit and the UK border, HC 558

Second Report of the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee, Leaving the EU: implications for the civil nuclear sector, HC 378

Fifth Report of the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee, The impact of Brexit on the automotive sector, HC 379

Sixth Report of the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee, The impact of Brexit on the aerospace sector, HC 380

Seventh Report of the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee, The impact of Brexit on the processed food and drink sector, HC 381

Second Report of the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee, The land border between Northern Ireland and Ireland, HC 329

Oral evidence taken before the International Trade Committee on 13 December 2017, on Implications of arrangements for the Republic of Ireland – Northern Ireland border for wider UK Trade Policy, HC 665-i.

Plastic bottles and coffee cups

Mary Creagh

That this House has considered the First and Second Reports of the Environmental Audit Committee, Plastic Bottles: Turning Back the Plastic Tide, HC339, and Disposable Packaging: Coffee Cups, HC657; and urges the Government to accept that Committee’s recommendations as part of its Resources and Waste Strategy.

Relevant Documents:

Fourth Special Report of the Environmental Audit Committee, Plastic bottles: Turning Back the Plastic Tide: Government Response to the Committee’s First Report, HC841

Fifth Special Report of the Environmental Audit Committee, Disposable Packaging: Coffee Cups: Government Response to the Committee’s Second Report, HC867

Notes:

The subjects for these debates were chosen by the Liaison Committee and allocated by the Backbench Business Committee.

ADJOURNMENT DEBATE

Early diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer: James Brokenshire

WESTMINSTER HALL

1.30pm That this House has considered the financial services and the impact on the UK economy: Vicky Ford

Friday 27 April

The National Assembly for Wales has approved a Legislative Consent Resolution relating to this Bill. Copies of the Resolution are available in the Vote Office (also available on the documents webpage for the Bill).

That the Order of 6 March 2018 (Domestic Gas and Electricity (Tariff Cap) Bill (Programme)) be varied as follows:

(1) Paragraphs (4) and (5) of the Order shall be omitted.

(2) Proceedings on Consideration and any proceedings in legislative grand committee shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion two hours after the commencement of proceedings on the motion for this Order.

(3) Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion three hours after the commencement of proceedings on the motion for this Order.

That leave be given to bring in a Bill to make provision about the surrender, production or other delivery up of driving licences, or test certificates, in relation to certain offences; to make provision in relation to identifying persons in connection with fixed penalty notices, conditional offers and the payment of fixed penalties under the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988; and for connected purposes.

Notes:

The Member moving and a Member opposing this Motion may each speak for up to 10 minutes.

PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC PETITIONS

Royal Bank of Scotland closure in Kilwinning: Patricia Gibson

WESTMINSTER HALL

1.30pm That this House has considered safeguarding children and young people in sport: Bambos Charalambous

Notes:

Subsequent debates in Westminster Hall on this day will be drawn by Speaker’s ballot on 24 April.

WEDNESDAY 2 MAY

CHAMBER

QUESTIONS

11.30am Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales

12 noon Questions to the Prime Minister

Afterwards

TEN MINUTE RULE MOTION

Emma Little Pengelly

That leave be given to bring in a Bill under S.O. No. 23 [details to be provided].

Notes:

The Member moving and a Member opposing this Motion may each speak for up to 10 minutes.

THURSDAY 3 MAY

CHAMBER

QUESTIONS

9.30am Questions to the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union

10.15am Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union

TUESDAY 8 MAY

CHAMBER

QUESTIONS

2.30pm Questions to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

3.15pm Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

Afterwards

PROTECTION OF POLLINATORS: TEN MINUTE RULE MOTION

Ben Bradley

That leave be given to bring in a Bill to make provision about the protection of pollinators; and for connected purposes.

Notes:

The Member moving and a Member opposing this Motion may each speak for up to 10 minutes.

PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC PETITIONS

Royal Bank of Scotland closure in Saltcoats: Patricia Gibson

WEDNESDAY 9 MAY

CHAMBER

QUESTIONS

11.30am Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

12 noon Questions to the Prime Minister

Afterwards

TEN MINUTE RULE MOTION

Gareth Thomas

That leave be given to bring in a Bill under S.O. No. 23 [details to be provided].

Notes:

The Member moving and a Member opposing this Motion may each speak for up to 10 minutes.

ThUrSDAY 10 MAY

CHAMBER

QUESTIONS

9.30am Questions to the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

10.00am Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

10.10am Questions to the Attorney General

Afterwards

WESTMINSTER HALL

1.30pm That this House has considered the First Report of the Transport Committee, Community Transport and the Department for Transport’s proposed consultation, HC 480, and the Government response, HC 832: Lilian Greenwood

MONDAY 14 MAY

4.30pmThat this House has considered e-petition 206722 relating to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry: Paul Scully

Notes:

The subject for this debate was determined by the Petitions Committee.

The sitting will last for up to three hours. The sitting will be suspended and time added if divisions take place in the main Chamber (Standing Order No. 10(3)).

TUESDAY 15 MAY

CHAMBER

QUESTIONS

11.30am Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

12.15pm Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

Afterwards

REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE (GIBRALTAR): TEN MINUTE RULE MOTION

Craig Mackinlay

That leave be given to bring in a Bill to provide for the representation of Gibraltar by a Member of the House of Commons; and for connected purposes.

Notes:

The Member moving and a Member opposing this Motion may each speak for up to 10 minutes.

WEDNESDAY 16 MAY

CHAMBER

QUESTIONS

11.30am Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office

11.53am Topical Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office

12 noon Questions to the Prime Minister

THURSDAY 17 May

CHAMBER

QUESTIONS

9.30am Questions to the Secretary of State for International Trade

9.53am Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for International Trade

10.00am Questions to the Minister for Women and Equalities

10.23am Topical Questions to the Minister for Women and Equalities

WESTMINSTER HALL

1.30pmThat this House has considered the First Report of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee, Effectiveness of local authority overview and scrutiny committees, HC 369, and the Government Response, Cm 9569: Mr Clive Betts

Notes:

The subject for this debate was determined by the Liaison Committee.

MONDAY 21 May

CHAMBER

QUESTIONS

2.30pm Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

3.15pm Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

WESTMINSTER HALL

4.30pmThat this House has considered e-petition 213451 relating to the sale of puppies by pet shops and commercial third party dealers: Martyn Day

Notes:

The subject for this debate was determined by the Petitions Committee.

The sitting will last for up to three hours. The sitting will be suspended and time added if divisions take place in the main Chamber (Standing Order No. 10(3)).

TUESDAY 22 MAY

CHAMBER

QUESTIONS

11.30am Questions to the Chancellor of the Exchequer

12.15pm Topical Questions to the Chancellor of the Exchequer

WEDNESDAY 23 MAY

CHAMBER

QUESTIONS

11.30am Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

11.53am Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

12 noon Questions to the Prime Minister

THURSDAY 24 MAY

CHAMBER

QUESTIONS

9.30am Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

10.15am Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

MONDAY 4 june

WESTMINSTER HALL

4.30pmThat this House has considered e-petition 200888 relating to the sale of animal fur in the UK: Daniel Zeichner

Notes:

The subject for this debate was determined by the Petitions Committee.

The sitting will last for up to three hours. The sitting will be suspended and time added if divisions take place in the main Chamber (Standing Order No. 10(3)).

MONDAY 11 june

WESTMINSTER HALL

4.30pmThat this House has considered e-petition 205169 relating to Parliament’s vote on the deal for the UK’s exit from the EU: Liz Twist

Notes:

The subject for this debate was determined by the Petitions Committee.

The sitting will last for up to three hours. The sitting will be suspended and time added if divisions take place in the main Chamber (Standing Order No. 10(3)).

(1) There shall be a select committee, called the European Statutory Instruments Committee, to examine and report on—

(i) any of the following documents laid before the House of Commons in accordance with paragraph 2A(3)(b) or 10A(3)(b) of Schedule 7 to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act [2018]—

(a) a draft of an instrument; and

(b) a memorandum setting out both a statement made by a Minister of the Crown to the effect that in the Minister’s opinion the instrument should be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament (the negative procedure) and the reasons for that opinion, and

(ii) any matter arising from its consideration of such documents.

(2) In its consideration of a document referred to in paragraph 1(i) the committee shall include, in addition to such other matters as it deems appropriate, whether the draft instrument—

(i) contains any provision of the type specified in paragraph 1(2), 5(2) or 6(2) of Schedule 7 to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act [2018] in relation to which the Act requires that a draft of the instrument must be laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament (the affirmative procedure);

(ii) otherwise appears to make an inappropriate use of the negative procedure;

and shall report to the House its recommendation of the procedure which should apply.

(3) The committee shall have regard to—

(i) reasons offered by the Minister in support of the Minister’s opinion that the instrument should be subject to the negative procedure;

(ii) any relevant report of the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments.

(4) Before reporting on any document, the committee shall provide to the government department concerned an opportunity to provide orally or in writing to it or any sub-committee appointed by it such further explanations as the committee may require except to the extent that the committee considers that it is not reasonably practicable to do so within the period provided by the Act.

(5) It shall be an instruction to the committee that it shall report any recommendation that the affirmative procedure should apply within the period specified by the Act.

(6) The committee shall consist of sixteen Members.

(7) The committee and any sub-committees appointed by it shall have the assistance of the Counsel to the Speaker.

(8) The committee shall have power to appoint specialist advisers either to supply information which is not readily available or to elucidate matters of complexity within the committee’s order of reference.

(9) The committee shall have power to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, to adjourn from place to place, and to report from time to time.

(10) The committee shall have power to appoint sub-committees and to refer to such sub-committees any of the matters referred to the committee.

(11) Each such sub-committee shall have power to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, to adjourn from place to place, and to report to the committee from time to time.

(12) The committee shall have power to report from time to time the evidence taken before such sub-committees, and the formal minutes of sub-committees.

(13) The quorum of each such sub-committee shall be two.

(14) The committee shall have power to seek from any committee specified in paragraph (15) of this order its opinion on any document within its remit, and to require a reply to such a request within such time as it may specify.

(15) The committees specified for the purposes of this order are those appointed under Standing Order No. 152 (Select committees related to government departments) including any sub-committees of such committees, the Regulatory Reform Committee, the European Scrutiny Committee, the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee, the Procedure Committee, the Committee of Public Accounts, the Environmental Audit Committee and the Committee on Exiting the European Union.

(16) The committee may also request an opinion from the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments and the Joint Committee on Human Rights.

(17) Unless the House otherwise orders each Member nominated to the committee shall continue to be a member of it for the remainder of the Parliament, or until this Standing Order lapses, whichever occurs sooner.

(18) This Standing Order, to the extent that it relates to a regulation making power provided to the Government under section 7, 8 or 9 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act [2018] shall lapse upon the expiry of the power to make new regulations under that section and shall lapse entirely upon expiry of the last such remaining power.

B: LIAISON COMMITTEE

That the Order of the House of 6 November 2017 (Liaison Committee: Membership) be amended, in the second paragraph, by inserting, in the appropriate place, “European Statutory Instruments Committee”.

C: POSITIONS FOR WHICH ADDITIONAL SALARIES ARE PAYABLE FOR THE PURPOSES OF SECTION 4A(2) OF THE PARLIAMENTARY STANDARDS ACT 2009

That the Order of the House of 19 March 2013 (Positions for which additional salaries are payable for the purposes of section 4A(2) of the Parliamentary Standards Act 2009) be amended, in paragraph (1)(a), by inserting, in the appropriate place, “the European Statutory Instruments Committee”.

D: PRESENTATION OF DOCUMENTS UNDER PARAGRAPH 2A(3)(b) OR 10A(3)(b) OF SCHEDULE 7 TO THE EUROPEAN UNION (WITHDRAWAL) ACT [2018]

Where, under Paragraph 2A(3)(b) or 10A(3)(b) of Schedule 7 to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act [2018], any document is to be laid before this House, the delivery of a copy of the document to the Votes and Proceedings Office on any day during the existence of a Parliament shall be deemed to be for all purposes the laying of it before the House; and the proviso to Standing Order No. 159 shall not apply to any document laid in accordance with this Order.

Amendment a:

Mrs Maria Miller

Tom Brake

Dr Lisa Cameron

Dame Margaret Hodge

Seema Malhotra

Jess Phillips

Paragraph 6, at end add ‘of whom at least seven shall be women and seven shall be men’.

Queen’s consent and Prince of Wales’s consent to be signified on Third Reading.

The Speaker certified before Second Reading that Clause 192 of the Data Protection Bill [Lords] relates exclusively to England and Wales on a matter within devolved legislative competence, as defined in Standing Order No. 83J.

That the Mission and Pastoral etc. (Amendment) Measure (HC 784), passed by the General Synod of the Church of England, be presented to Her Majesty for her Royal Assent in the form in which it was laid before Parliament.

That the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction and Care of Churches Measure (HC 783), passed by the General Synod of the Church of England, be presented to Her Majesty for her Royal Assent in the form in which it was laid before Parliament.

That the Pensions (Pre-Consolidation) Measure (HC 782), passed by the General Synod of the Church of England, be presented to Her Majesty for her Royal Assent in the form in which it was laid before Parliament.

That the Statute Law (Repeals) Measure (HC 781), passed by the General Synod of the Church of England, be presented to Her Majesty for her Royal Assent in the form in which it was laid before Parliament.